This course, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights, is a course about debtors and creditors. It is about the laws governing debtor and creditor behavior. It deals with when obligations must be paid, how unpaid obligations can be collected, and how bankruptcy law can change legal obligations. Not surprisingly, it is a course heavily laced with rules, regulations, common law doctrines, state codes, federal statutes, and enough “law” to challenge the most diligent students, attorneys and paralegals alike.
The course is designed to augment these rather dry rules and regulations with enough real-world examples and problems to help the student understand not only “how” the process works, but “why” it works the way it does.
In addition to the customary readings, assignments, and exams, the student will be required at times to read and prepare to discuss in class cases applicable to the material being covered at that point in the term.

Course Objectives

At the completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Understand how debt collection works outside the court system.

Develop a basic understanding of how debt collection is performed in the state court system.